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Trustees  of  the  Western 
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Macomb,  Illinois 


Board  of  Trustees. 

E.  H.  KINNEY,  President  . . . 

S.  H.  TREGO,  Vice-President  . . 

F.  R.  JELLIFF,  Secretary  . . 

J.  M.  KEEFER, 

JOHN  A.  MEAD,  . 

C.  V.  CHANDLER,  Treasurer  . 
ALFRED  BAYLISS,  Ex-Officio  . . 


Table  Grove 
Clayton 
. Galesburg 
Macomb 
Augusta 
Macomb 
Springfield 


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ERRATA,  PAGE  i. 

The  total  enrollment  for  1902-3  should  read  523  not 
423.  In  1903-4,  it  should  read  638  not  658. 


Report  of  the  Trustees. 


Macomb,  III.,  Dec.  31,  1904. 

To  His  Excellency  Richard  Yates , Governor  of  Illinois : 

In  compliance  with  the  law,  we,  the  trustees  of  the 
Western  Illinois  State  Normal  School,  present  our  Bi- 
ennial Report. 

The  first  year  opened  September  23,  1902,  with  an 
enrollment  of  one  hundred  fifty-two  students,  and  closed 
July  29,  1903,  with  a total  enrollment  for  the  year  of 
three  hundred  seventy-three  students.  In  addition  to 
the  above  number  of  different  students  enrolled  the  first 
year,  there  were  one  hundred  fifty  pupils  enrolled  in  the 
eight  grades  of  the  Training  School.  The  total  enroll- 
ment for  all  departments  for  the  year  1902  and  1903 
was  four  hundred  and  twenty-three. 

The  second  school  year  opened  September  8,  1903, 
with  an  enrollment  of  two  hundred  seventy-eight  stu- 
dents, and  closed  July  29,  1904,  with  the  enrollment  for 
the  entire  year  of  four  hundred  fifty-eight  students.  The 
enrollment  in  the  Training  School  for  the  second  year 
was  one  hundred  eighty  pupils,  thus  making  the  total 
enrollment  in  all  departments  six  hundred  fifty-eight. 

The  school  has  now  entered  successfully  upon  its 
third  'year.  The  efficiency  and  character  of  the  work 
are  steadily  improving. 


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Counties  Represented. 

Since  the  opening  of  the  school,  the  following  coun- 
ties have  been  represented: 


Adams 

Henry 

Piatt 

Brown 

Knox 

Pike 

Bureau 

La  Salle 

Pulaski 

Carroll 

Logan 

Putnam 

Cass 

Macoupin 

Rock  Island 

Christian 

McDonough 

Scott 

Cook 

Menard 

Schuyler 

Fulton 

Mercer 

Stark 

Greene 

Morgan 

Will 

Hancock 

Peoria 

Whiteside 

Henderson 

Perry 

Warren 

Several  were  enrolled  from  other  states. 

Graduating  Classes. 

The  graduating  class  the  first  year  contained  only 
two  pupils;  that  for  the  second  year  contained  seventeen 
students;  our  present  senior  class  numbers  twenty-nine, 
and  all  of  these  will  probably  complete  their  course  in 
June  of  the  current  school  year.  All  of  our  graduates, 
except  two  or  three,  are  engaged  in  teaching,  and  some- 
thing over  one  hundred  twenty-five  of  the  students  en- 
rolled in  various  terms  since  we  opened  two  years  ago, 
are  also  teaching  in  rural  or  city  schools.  The  present 
senior  class  has  one  principal  who  resigned  a good  po- 
sition to  complete  his  professional  training.  The  aggre- 
gate teaching  experience  of  the  senior  class  is  two 
hundred  twelve  months.  This  does  not  include  their 
practice  teaching  in  school. 

The  school  does  not  offer  any  short  road  to  gradu- 
ation; it  established  at  the  beginning  the  standard  pro- 


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grams  of  study  offered  in  the  other  State  Normal  Schools 
in  Illinois. 

The  school  adopted  the  conditions  for  admission 
which  have  been  established  in  the  other  state  schools. 
If  students  without  the  necessary  preparatory  training 
have  applied  for  admission,  they  have  been  assigned  to 
preparatory  classes  and  required  to  make  the  additional 
preparation  necessary  to  enter  successfully  upon  normal 
school  work.  It  is  the  aim  of  the  school  to  adapt  the 
requirements  for  admission  to  the  conditions  prevailing 
in  this  territory,  With  only  two  exceptions  those  who 
have  been  graduated  here  had  finished  four-year  courses 
in  high  schools  before  they  entered  this  Normal  School. 

The  number  of  high  school  graduates  in  the  senior 
class  hereafter  will  not  form  so  large  a proportion  as  last 
year.  The  present  junior  class  now  numbers  sixty-one; 
of  that  number  twenty-four  are  graduates  of  four-year 
high  schools;  ten  of  three-year  high  schools;  twenty-sev- 
en have  had  less  than  two  years  work  in  high  schools, 
or  none  at  all;  they  were  admitted  on  second-grade  teach- 
ers’ certificates;  they  are  taking  the  four-year  courses  of 
study,  and  easily  rank  in  ability  and  culture  with  their 
associates  who  came  to  us  thru  the  avenue  of  high  school 
work. 

Purpose  of  the  School. 

The  Western  Illinois  State  Normal  School  aims  to 
prepare  its  students  for  the  work  of  organizing,  govern- 
ing and  teaching  school. 

To  this  end  it  endeavors  to  give  a thoro  knowledge 
of  the  educational  value  of  the  branches  of  learning  re- 
quired to  be  taught  in  the  public  schools;  it  studies  the 


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methods  and  principles  of  teaching  and  offers  oppor- 
tunities for  systematic  observation  and  practice.  Both 
the  thecry  and  practice  of  teaching  receive  careful  at- 
tention. 

The  aim  of  this  school  is  to  change  the  student’s 
point  of  view  from  that  of  the  student  to  that  of  the 
teacher;  to  inspire  him  with  the  spirit  of  the  true  teach- 
er; to  train  him  to  the  noblest  ideals  and  best  habits  of 
personality,  thinking  and  teaching. 

Training  School. 

The  interest  in  our  Training  School  where  the  stu- 
dents do  their  practice  teaching  has  steadily  increased 
from  the  beginning.  From  the  first  the  school  has  not 
been  able  to  accommodate  all  who  applied  for  admis- 
sion; and  there  are  now  on  our  waiting  list  one  hundred 
twenty  pupils  from  Macomb  and  adjoining  districts. 

More  Room  Needed. 

To  create,  organize  and  equip  a school  is  not  an 
easy  task.  We  desire  to  thank  you  and  the  members  of 
the  General  Assembly  for  the  various  appropriations  to 
build,  equip  and  maintain  the  school.  The  school  is 
now  greatly  in  need  of  additional  room  and  facilities. 
With  the  exception  of  five  rooms  the  school  has  been 
limited  thus  far  to  the  first  floor.  The  completion  of 
the  second  and  third  stories  of  the  main  building  seems 
to  us  imperative.  We  earnestly  request  that  you  ask  the 
next  General  Assembly  to  pass  an  Act  appropriating 
enough  money  to  complete  the  building.  The  large  at- 
tendance and  the  success  of  the  school  justify  this  part 
of  the  state  in  asking  for  liberal  provision  for  the  equip- 
ment and  maintenance  of  this  State  Normal  School,  and 


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we  believe  that  you  will  be  glad  to  ask  the  Assembly  to 
so  act. 

Improvement  of  Grounds. 

The  Normal  campus  contains  fifty-nine  acres. 
While  this  site  presents  great  natural  advantages  for 
school  purposes,  it  was  formerly  used  as  a site  for  a 
brickyard,  and  its  surface  is  undulating  and  uneven,  and 
has  therefore  required  large  expenditures  for  grading  and 
fertilizing,  and  for  tiling  of  low  places. 

The  appropriation  made  by  the  last  General  Assem- 
bly has  enabled  us  to  complete  some  grading  of  lawns, 
to  plant  a number  of  native  and  foreign  ornamental 
trees,  to  build  one  cement  walk,  to  put  in  necessary  tile 
and  sewers,  and  make  progress  on  some  of  the  necessary 
roadways  and  drives.  Provision  should  be  made  for 
the  completion  of  this  work  on  the  campus. 

The  roadways  and  walks  should  be  completed;  the 
remaining  surface  should  be  prepared,  and  additional 
planting  done. 

Elements  of  Agriculture. 

It  is  the  ambition  of  the  board'  and  faculty  to  keep 
progress  with  the  times,  and  to  provide  those  facilities 
that  the  broader  scope  of  education  now  makes  neces- 
sary. For  this  reason  we  are  anxious  to  introduce  cours- 
es in  Domestic  Science  and  in  the  Elements  of  Agri- 
culture. 

With  the  proper  tiling  and  concreting  of  the  exten- 
sive basement  of  our  building,  there  will  be  ample  room 
for  classes  in  Domestic  Science,  and  the  equipment  of 


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such  a department  and  the  salary  of  an  instructor  would 
be  the  only  additional  expense,  which  would  not  be  ex- 
cessive. 

Our  grounds  are  ample  for  all  experimental  work 
and  the  Elements  of  Agriculture  could  be  studied  with- 
out large  expense.  That  the  teachers  be  qualified  to 
present  at  least  the  rudiments  and  principles  of  the 
branch  is  being  more  and  more  demanded  in  rural 
schools. 

Public  Interest. 

The  citizens  of  Macomb  and  adjoining  vicinity  have 
manifested  great  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  school 
and  have  co  operated  with  the  management  in  securing 
its  success.  Nor  has  the  interest  in  the  school  been 
merely  local.  The  county  and  city  superintendents  in 
the  Military  Tract  have  shown  commendable  interest  in 
the  progress  of  the  school. 

In  December,  1903,  a number  of  county  superin- 
tendents met  with  the  faculty  and  State  Superintendent 
Bayliss  and  considered  means  for  making  the  schools 
more  efficient  in  this  part  of  the  state  and  the  work  which 
the  Normal  School  must  undertake  to  do. 

A second  conference  of  county  superintendents  was 
held  here  November  15,  1904. 

As  an  evidence  of  kindly  feeling  of  this  community 
toward  the  school,  we  call  your  attention  to  the  donation 
of  one  thousand  dollars  by  Mr  Albert  Eads;  and  to  the 
generous  action  of  the  citizens’  committee  of  Macomb 
in  turning  over  to  the  board  the  balance  due  on  citizens’ 
subscriptions.  These  donations  enabled  the  board  to 


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finish  and  equip  five  additional  rooms,  and  thus  make 
them  serviceable  for  school  purposes. 

Within  Our  Income. 

You  will  notice  from  the  annual  report  of  our  treas- 
urer that  the  appropriations  made  by  the  last  General 
Assembly  have  not  been  exceeded.  Owing  to  the  in- 
complete condition  of  our  building,  some  unexpected 
exigencies  have  arisen,  and  yet  the  expenditures  have 
been  so  guarded  that  no  appropriation  has  been  over- 
drawn. The  school  has  kept  within  its  income. 

As  a part  of  this  report  we  give  the  statement 
of  our  treasurer  and  secretary,  which  contains  an  ex- 
hibit of  the  receipts  and  disbursements  of  the  Western 
Illinois  State  Normal  School  for  the  last  two  years. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

(Signed) 

E.  H.  KINNEY,  President,  Table  Grove. 

S.  H.  TREGO,  Vice-President,  Clayton. 

FRED  R.  JELLIFF,  Secretary,  Galesburg. 

J.  M.  KEEFER,  Macomb. 

JOHN  A.  MEAD,  Augusta. 

ALFRED  BAYLISS,  Ex-Officio, 

Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction, 

Springfield. 


Financial  Statement. 


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Statement 

OF  THE 

Receipts  and  Disbursements 

OF  THE 

Western  Illinois  State  Normal  School 

For  the  year  ending  December  31,  J903* 


1903.  RECEIPTS. 

Jan.  1 — Balance  on  hand $12,245  72 

Jan.  8 — To  term  fees 284  00 

Jan.  29 — Term  fees 239  00 

Feb.  21 — State  appropriation 8,250  00 

Mar.  3 — Term  fees 100  00 

April  2 — Term  fees 77  5° 

April  9 — Term  fees 119  50 

April  10 — Term  fees 75  00 

June  25 — Term  fees 150  00 

June  30 — Term  fees 903  00 

State  appropriation 8,250  00 

July  14 — Term  fees 51  56 

July  28 — State  appropriation 9,142  50 

Sept.  12 — Term  fees 492  50 

Sept.  15 — Special  appropriations 13,725  00 

Oct.  10 — Special  appropriations 2,450  00 

Oct.  27 — Special  appropriations 3,600  00 

State  appropriation  9, 142  50 

Oct.  29 — Term  fees  62  00 

Nov.  25 — Term  fees 50  00 

Dec.  26 — Term  fees... 48  00 


*69,457  78 


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1903.  DISBURSEMENTS. 

Salaries  for  teachers  and  employees  monthly  pay  roll.  . . $28,445  37 
General  Fund — 

On  building 2,568  67 

For  seating ....  112  12 

Piano 91  48 

Laboratory 766  62 

Library 1 70  89 

Library  furnishings 2,175  24 

Furnishing  principal’s  room 30  25 

Window  shades 765  52 

Teachers’  desks . . 206  50 

Maps  and  charts 46  70 

Drawing  department 58  15 

Improvement  of  grounds  4*463  31 

Additional  furniture  and  furnishings  56  78 

Telephone 50  00 

Safe 166  00 

Physical  chemical  laboratory 218  12 

Biological  laboratory  778  24 

Coal 918  50 

Light  and  gas 229  40 

Contingent 425  00 

Printing  and  stationery 1,006  83 

Miscellaneous 1,484  74 

Trustees „ 1,719  34 

Peoria  Plumbing  & Heating  Co.  (on  contract) 1,000  00 

Furnishing  temporary  rooms 1,500  00 

Balance  in  hands  of  Treasurer 20,004  OI 


*69,457  78 

The  various  items  of  expenditures  summarized  in  this  report  are 
all  contained,  with  accompanying  vouchers  and  receipts,  in  the  quart- 
erly reports  of  the  Treasurer  on  file  in  the  State  Auditor’s  office. 


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Statement 

OF  THE 

Receipts  and  Disbursements 

OF  THE 

Western  Illinois  State  Normal  School 

For  the  year  ending  December  31 , J904* 


1904.  RECEIPTS. 

Jan.  1 — Balance  on  hand $20,004  01 

Jan.  7 — Term  fees 564  00 

Jan.  16 — State  appropration 9,142  50 

Jan.  21 — Money  returned  for  improvement  of  grounds..  124  37 

Feb.  25 — Term  fees  75  00 

Mar.  31 — Term  fees 390  00 

Apr.  16 — Citizens’  committee  of  Macomb.  . 1,806  03 

Apr.  23 — State  appropration  9,142  5° 

Apr.  11 — Special  appropriation  500  00 

May  18 — Term  fees 156  44 

June  21 — Improvement  of  grounds 8 52 

July  16 — Term  fees 909  50 

Aug.  6 — State  appropration 9,142  5° 

Aug.  6 — Special  approprations . 7,000  00 

Sept.  8 — Term  fees 950  00 

Sept.  10 — Term  fees 165  35 

Sept.  15 — Term  fees 44  65 

Sept.  30 — Special  approprations . . 75°  00 

Sept.  30 — Term  fees 70  00 

Oct.  11  — Term  fees 106  25 

Oct.  13 — State  appropriation 9, 142  50 

Oct.  15 — Term  fees 369  63 


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1904.  DISBURSEMENTS. 

Salaries  of  teachers  and  employees — monthly  pay-rolls. . $31,755  90 

Physical  and  chemical  laboratory 1,090  09 

Biological  laboratory 486  74 

Drawing  department 241  15 

Library 2,857  39 

Additional  furniture  and  furnishings 1,941  22 

Song  books 150  00 

Manual  training 899  95 

Repairs 284  42 

Improvement  of  grounds 4*369  23 

Piano  and  music  ....  243  75 

Carpet 37  31 

Maps  and  charts 94  88 

Furnishing  temporary  rooms 1,034  36 

Seating  assembly  hall 170  66 

Repairs  steam-heating  plant 389  12 

Miscellaneous 1,171  46 

Trustees’  expenses 1,386  07 

Catalogue  printing  and  stationery 1,268  47 

Coal 2,196  74 

Gas  and  electric  light 419  84 

Contingent  1,260  20 

Gymnasium 263  55 

Balance  plumbing  and  heating  plant 3,025  42 

Lecturers 55  18 

Postage,  express  and  freight 387  98 

Commencement* 115  71 

Registrar 1,000  00 

Painting  building  and  power- house* . 415  85 

Telephone.. 28  65 

Jan.  1,  ’05 — Balance  in  hands  of  Treasurer  (see  next  page).  11,522  46 


#70,563  75 

The  various  items  of  expenditure  summarized  in  this  report  are 
all  contained,  with  accompanying  vouchers  and  receipts,  in  the  quar- 
terly reports  of  the  Treasurer  on  file  in  the  State  Auditor’s  office. 


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Balance  in  Hands  of  Treasurer  is  Appropriated  as  Follows: 

Additional  furniture  and  furnishings $ 200 

Biological  laboratory 235 

Carpets ...  62 

Drawing  department 

Gymnasium 236 

Improvement  of  grounds 1,300 

Library 1,052 

Maps  and  charts 58 

Manual  training  department 

Ordinary  expense  fund 2,271 

Painting  rear  of  building  and  power  house 34 

Physical  and  chemical  laboratory 19 1 

Repairs.  ...  215 

Seating  society  halls.  • 800 

Seating  assembly  hall  and  additional  rooms 3,429 

Special  fund 1,575 

Teachers’  desks 55 


$11,522  46 


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